Mick Edmonds, left, talks with Melanie Schmuck on the roof of the Haines Shoe House. Edmond's company, Eastern Lift Truck Co., donated the lift to help the Schmucks paint the hard-to-reach places of the shoe. Schmuck co-owns the York County tourist attraction with her husband, Jeff.(Photo: Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record)Buy Photo

Mick Edmonds, left, talks with Melanie Schmuck on the roof of the Haines Shoe House. Edmond's company, Eastern Lift Truck Co., donated the lift to help the Schmucks paint the hard-to-reach places of the shoe. Schmuck co-owns the York County tourist attraction with her husband, Jeff. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record

Jeff Schmuck, one of the owners, at left, works with Anthony Getty installing fresh signage at the Haines Shoe House. Eastern Lift Truck Co., in Manchester Township, donated a lift for the owners to paint hard-to-reach areas of the shoe. They recently used it to install new signage. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record

A portrait of Mahlon Haines in stained glass greets visitors at the front door of the Haines Shoe House. The house was built in 1948 to promote Haines' chain of shoe stores and as an attraction off the old Lincoln Highway. Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record

A quote by Mahlon Haines greets visitors to the Haines Shoe House: " Be honest for clear conscience, be steadfast in friendship, be moderate in your "bad" habits. Above all - play." Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record

Schmuck, who said that she doesn't like to ask for help, reluctantly put a plea out on Facebook asking if anyone could lend the couple a lift. They needed one in order to reach surfaces of the house that aren't accessible by ladders and scaffolding.

Mike Edmonds, with Eastern Lift Truck Co. Inc., saw the plea and offered the couple a lift. "We are history nerds. This is a piece of York County history, and we have 150 employees that live and work here in York County, and this is something unique and unusual that we wanted to support," he said.

The shoe sports the original canary-yellow paint with a brown sole and highlights that were added to the design by the couple.

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Melanie Schmuck, one of the owners, stands in the ice cream parlor that was once a pull-through garage in the Haines Shoe House.(Photo: Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record)

Over 15 gallons of masonry paint were used to cover the stucco surface.

Next month, it will be 70 years since construction began on one of York County's best-known attractions. "This September, we might have to have a big shoe party," Schmuck said.

The house, at 197 Shoe House Road, is open for ice cream and tours until Labor Day, Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. From Labor Day until Halloween, it's open Friday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.